Panic Attacks

This medical term describes an acute, sudden, intense anxiety attack. Unpredictable and without a precise cause, it leads to a feeling of dread and an impression of impending death. It can last for a few minutes or hours and disappears gradually, leaving the patient worn out and terrified at the thought of another attack which can happen at any time.

Panic attacks are twice as frequent in women as in men, and occur most often between the ages of 15 and 20. Questioning will often reveal a family history of the condition, which may indicate an unfortunate predisposition.

Homeyopathy

Aconite

- Four granules at 7c, to be sucked like sweets every five minutes, and at longer intervals on improvement.

Aconitum napellus

- Vegetable origin: aconite, a plant from the mountains
- Homeopathic remedy for panic attacks with 'a fear of imminent death'
- Characteristic sign: agitation.

Opium

- Four granules at 15c to be sucked every 15 minutes, four or five times in succession, until there is some improvement.

Opium

- Vegetable origin: the opium poppy
- Homeopathic remedy for extreme fright followed by strong emotions
- Characteristic sign: hypersensitivity, especially to sound

• You can use Lehning@ Crataegus Complex 15, which contains Aconite 4x, Arsenicum album 4x and, naturally, mother tincture of Crataegus (hawthorn):
  - Available in 30ml bottles of oral solution
  - Fifteen drops to be taken in a little water, three or four times in succession, between meals
  You should also definitely add a constitutional remedy, chosen through consultation with your homeopath. In this case it will often be Argentum nitricum, Arsenicum album, Ignatia...

Herbal treatment>

Hawthorn, passionflower

These two plants can be prepared and made up by your herbalist, alone or in combination, as a mother tincture, powder in capsules, dried extracts...

Possible Prescription: Ask your herbalist to prepare a 60ml bottle of fresh whole plant suspension of hawthorn or passionflower. Take a half-teaspoonful in a little water morning and night for few days, depending on the symptoms. For adults only.

Special Note : Thanks to a method of cold stabilization, the suspension provides the full therapeutic effect naturally present in the whole plant.

Passionflower

A plant native to Brazil and Mexico: its name refers to Christ's Passion. Very effective in combating anxiety, signs of nervousness, and sleep problems.

Oligotherapy

Lithium

Supplies of most of the trace elements are normally provided in the diet, which should be varied and of good quality When there is a deficiency, lithium can be taken as a supplement.

Dietary sources of lithium

There is little data on the presence of lithium in foods, but it is found in small amounts in cereals, lettuce, green vegetables, potatoes, meat, eggs, fish, drinking water, table salt...

• Lithium supplements: there are many brands and forms such as Organic Minerals (Colloidals) which contains 70+ trace minerals:
  - Available in 946ml bottles
  - Take 1-3 caps just before breakfast and/or evening meal
  - Children 1 teaspoon daily for each 20lbs of body weight
  Or Maximol (Ionized colloidals):